Dongting Lake, inside the Dragon Palace quiet room.
Lu Yang sat cross-legged, a brilliance like the sun flowing all over his body, slowly interweaving behind him and condensing into a patch of illusory light and shadow.
[Xuandu Blessed Land]!
This blessed land, which the Dragon Palace had spent a huge sum to help Lu Yang build, had now become incredibly massive, even barely reaching a critical point.
After I reach Foundation Establishment Great Perfection in this life, I only need to merge the [Radiant Spirit Interwoven Light Dao Foundation] into it, and I can immediately use this blessed land to seek [Heavenly Fire]. The only things hindering me now are the flaw in my dao comprehension and the ritual of "Ruling the World" to attract the attention of [Heavenly Fire].
Thinking of this, a writing brush suddenly appeared in Lu Yang's hand.
These were the brush, ink, paper, and inkstone brought out from the Dragon Palace when he raided it back then. The four corresponded to the Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends needed to cultivate [Heavenly Fire].
The brush corresponded to [Wu Earth].
"Refine one first..."
Lu Yang held it in his hand without hesitation, directly sending [Wu Earth] into his Dao Foundation for refinement. He had a deep grasp of this Earthly Fiend.
After all, when he cultivated [City Rampart Earth] before, he also started with [Wu Earth].
But unlike before, the [Embrace and Guard Mountain] Innate Divine Ability he refined using [Wu Earth] previously corresponded to the [City Rampart Earth] Dao Fruit.
Now he had to switch to a different phenomenon.
[Wu Earth] is the glow, appearing by borrowing the sun; it is the remnant of the sun, corresponding to [Heavenly Fire].
In spring and summer, Qi moves and disperses, thus arises; in autumn and winter, Qi stills and gathers, so it is stored. Therefore, [Wu Earth] is the Controller of Fate for all things... This Innate Divine Ability...
Should be [Imperial Controller of Fate].
As this thought moved, within his Foundation Establishment realm, Lu Yang's [Radiant Spirit Interwoven Light Dao Foundation] instantly rose with a point of golden light. In an instant, it overflowed his divine sense and soul!
After a long time, Lu Yang finally settled his hand seal and slowly opened his eyes. His originally plain eyes were now glowing with dazzling golden rosy clouds. This Divine Ability named [Imperial Controller of Fate] was naturally not just empty talk; it could truly control fate and cause human lives to resonate with it!
If coordinated with the [People Without Wickedness] wonder of my Life-Bound Divine Ability...
I use [People Without Wickedness] to set the rules, then use [Imperial Controller of Fate] to determine the fate. I can probably push the binding force of the rules to a limit!
If the gap between the two sides was large enough, he could even make someone commit suicide with a single sentence.
If the sovereign wants the subject to die, the subject must die!
"Impressive..."
Lu Yang exhaled deeply, withdrew his Divine Abilities, turned to look at Patriarch Nether Whisper who was protecting him nearby, and smiled: "Patriarch, how is your comprehension going?"
Before restarting, he had asked Patriarch Nether Whisper to help comprehend the method of fusing [Seven Luminaries Heaven] and the [Sword Dao Fruit]. He even temporarily lent the stature of the [Yama Hall]'s False Holding Golden Stature to the Patriarch. With Patriarch Nether Whisper's innate comprehension, there should generally be results by this time.
Sure enough.
"I have a bit of a clue."
Patriarch Nether Whisper looked solemn and whispered: "But I only have a first draft. To truly cultivate a Rank 2 True Technique, I'm afraid it will still take time."
"However, I have something I came up with incidentally that is more useful to the current you."
As his voice fell, Patriarch Nether Whisper extracted a strand of divine sense. Lu Yang took it, swept it with his own divine sense, and then the expression on his face froze slightly.
"This is..."
The method of the [Yama Hall].
But the content had undergone massive modifications. Although it still required nine Foundation Establishment Great Perfection cultivators, it eliminated the requirement for Golden Nature and lowered the standard for false hold.
The revised [Yama Hall] could no longer falsely hold native Dao Fruits.
But correspondingly, he could do it with Unorthodox Dao Fruits!
"I remember you mentioned the idea of False Holding Unorthodox Dao once. I deduced it for you. Unorthodox Dao Fruits are much simpler than native Dao Fruits."
As his voice fell, Lu Yang's emotions were somewhat stirred.
He had indeed mentioned it, but he didn't expect Patriarch Nether Whisper to take it to heart secretly. Before he could even raise the demand, the Patriarch actively deduced it for him.
Worthy of my shocking wisdom!
"The new [Yama Hall] method allows you to falsely hold [Seven Luminaries Heaven]. Now that [Seven Luminaries Heaven] is complete, it can support the stature of a Perfected Lord."
Patriarch Nether Whisper spoke with assurance: "Since [Seven Luminaries Heaven] is an Unorthodox Dao Fruit, and Golden Nature is a requirement for native Dao Fruits, Unorthodox Dao Fruits aren't that strict. So the new [Yama Hall] no longer consumes Golden Nature for false holding. But correspondingly, it will cause a huge burden on you."
Speaking of this, Patriarch Nether Whisper's expression suddenly became solemn.
Immediately, he extended a finger: "Once. With your current Dao Foundation strength, you can only do it once. Afterwards, you can find ways to make up for it."
"The second time, lightly speaking, the Dao Foundation crumbles and the Dao path is cut off; heavily speaking, its direct violent death."
"The third time, certain death!"
Patriarch Nether Whisper spoke seriously, and Lu Yang also nodded solemnly: "I understand... Once is quite good. It will definitely have miraculous effects at critical moments!"
In an instant, Lu Yang felt much more at ease.
After restarting, his cultivation returned to the starting point. Especially losing the feeling of omnipotence from False Holding Golden Stature, Lu Yang was more or less uneasy in his heart.
But now, his confidence returned.
Putting away Patriarch Nether Whisper, Lu Yang tidied up his appearance before walking out of the quiet room. After pondering for a moment, he soon had a plan for his next action.
The Dao Court has this advantage.
With no one behind you, you can't rise no matter what. With someone behind you, three promotions a day and rising rapidly is ordinary. It all depends on the intentions from above.
Then it's easy to handle.
Lu Yang planned to give the Dao Court a big gift, big enough for him to accumulate massive merits and step into a high position within the Dao Court in one fell swoop!
But before that, he needed a referrer.
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Dao Court, King Zhen Nan's Mansion.
Wu Taian was meditating in the quiet room. Suddenly, a servant came to report, bringing him somewhat unexpected news: "The Dongting Dragon King is visiting?"
As the King Zhen Nan of the Dao Court, the full brother of the Dao Court's Son of Heaven, and a Rank 1 Prince, he naturally knew the content of the cooperation between the True Dragon Clan and the Dao Court. But he didn't understand why the other party, who had nothing to do with him, would suddenly come to visit him. Could it be to use his connection?
Thinking of this, Wu Taian instantly looked dissatisfied.
Not dissatisfied that the Dragon Clan came to use his connection, but mainly because you could do this kind of thing secretly! Visiting openly like this, how could he accept gifts?
What about my reputation?
He is an overseas barbarians after all, they don't understand etiquette...
Wu Taian criticized inwardly, but on the surface, he acted very proper— directly asking for the guest to be invited to the reception hall, intending to see what the Dragon Clan was up to.
Before long, footsteps came from outside the door.
"Hmm?"
Instantly, the originally nonchalant Wu Taian suddenly raised his eyebrows. On a whim, his Foundation Establishment Great Perfection spiritual perception transmitted a trace of danger.
This made him instantly serious.
Immediately, he saw a heroic young man walking in. His appearance had a bit of dragon-like ferocity, yet his face wore a gentle smile.
"Sorry to keep you waiting, your Highness."
Before Wu Taian could speak, Lu Yang actively bowed in greeting. The etiquette was very complete, completely lacking the arrogance of a True Dragon Blood Descendant, a noble of heaven and earth.
With such a posture, Wu Taian naturally couldn't put on a face anymore and hurriedly stood up to return the greeting.
After all, the other party could be humble, but standing behind him was a middle-stage Golden Core Dragon Lord. If he gave face and Wu Taian didn't accept it, that would be shameless...
"I wonder why the Dragon King has come to find this Little Prince?"
"Your Highness,."
Lu Yang's tone was low. He directly took out the Incense Offering Divine Dao cultivation method of [Seven Luminaries Heaven] and said solemnly: "I have found a method that will greatly benefit to the Dao Court."
"I wish to dedicate it to the Dao Court's Son of Heaven!"